and another vaccine, developed by us manufacturerjohnson &johnson, is the latest to prove effective in phase three trials. in other news primary schools in wales could re open to all pupils after half term, though the nationwide lockdown will continue. thousands of volunteers helping the nhs with the vaccine roll out will be prioritised for a jab. hello to you, welcome to bbc news. the european union has introduced export controls on coronavirus vaccines. individual member states will decide whether to allow exports of vaccines produced in their territory. a european commissioner said it was being introduced to enhance transparency and to ensure that all eu citizens had access to vaccines. a european commissioner, valdis dombrovskis, made the announcement a little earlier this afternoon. the protection and safety of our citizens is a priority. and the challenges we now face left us with no other choice but to act. vaccines are key to the recovery, and to bringing the pandem
the ports of military in myanmar code was draw out the results of november pause my collection. and how all these lockdown video calls from home have prompted an unexpected book the macro boost in business for books. welcome, you re in bbc news. the european union has announced it s introducing export controls on coronavirus vaccines so that it can monitor where they re being sent. it s the latest escalation in a deepening row between the eu and astrazeneca over supplies of the vaccine which is mostly produced here. today the eu s medicines regulator approved the use of the astrazeneca jab for everyone over the age of 18, though germany says it will still only give the jab to the under 65s. our brussels correspondent nick beake reports. throughout the week, this post brexit battle between the eu and a british based vaccine maker has been intensifying. european countries are demanding that astrazeneca delivers all the jabs they ordered even if it means taking them from t
xxxx many frustrated americans are waiting in long lines for tests if third quarter earnings conference call get them at all. speak spe speak to governors on monday, the steps he took to scale up capacity were not enough to meet demand. it s not enough. it s clearly not enough. if we had known, we would have gone harder, quicker if we could have. we have to do more. we have to do better. and we will. reporter: the president has pledged to distribute 500 million testing kits beginning in january. but that won t help this week s holiday crunch. let s go to cnn s leyla santiago outside a miami testing site with more. lela? reporter: john, we are still seeing very long lines here. people telling us at times they ve had to wait up to three hours to get tested. so much so that the county, miami dade county now plans to open four to five new testing sites in order to meet this unprecedented demand for testing of covid-19. as the omicron variant tares across the country,
high pressure continuing to build across the uk. this weather front has pretty much stalled across northern ireland, southern scotland and northern england. to the north of it some sunshine for northern scotland, a slice of wintry sunshine through northern england and the east of england and the midlands and in the south thicker cloud and gloomy skies. that is pretty much how it looks for the rest of the afternoon with patches of rain affecting northern ireland into north west england particularly across cumbria. a breezy day to come in the north. these are mean wind speeds. much lighter winds further south, closer to the high pressure. what you will notice is where it is sunny it is going to be mild. something fresherfor sunny it is going to be mild. something fresher for the far north of scotland. this evening and whether or overnight the weather front begins to shift again. further south largely dry, variable cloud, a few clear spells across eastern england which means it
the government is taking urgent action to limit the amount of some hormone replacement therapy products women can access, to improve general supply. neil parish, the mp being investigated for allegedly watching pornography in the house of commons, has told the bbc he is going to resign. in an exclusive interview he says what he did was a moment of madness and totally wrong . mr parish is the mp for tiverton and honiton in devon. yesterday he insisted he would carry on as an mp while an investigation continued, but has now changed his mind. let s ta ke let s take a moment to watch a little bit of this interview carried out exclusively for bbc south west and my colleague. yes, i thought that i could explain to the standards committee what happened and it would be worth explaining what happened, which i will in a minute, but in the end i could see the fury and the damage i was causing my family and my constituency and association, it was not worth carrying on. is your decisio